[aarch64-port-dev ] RFR: 8079564: aarch64: Use FP register as proper frame pointer
Andrew Haley
aph at redhat.com
Tue May 12 17:29:07 UTC 2015
On 05/12/2015 04:41 PM, Edward Nevill wrote:
> So, all the changes to the method handle calls are to remove the special case code where it had to save/restore from rfp if it was a method handle call.
>
> Does this answer your question?
I think so. I only wish I knew what the original problem the saving
of SP into FP was supposed to achieve. I guess it might have been
that the old design of method handle adapters pushed some junk onto
the stack, but that's gone now.
Andrew.
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